DPR, LPR steps to impose external management on Ukrainian enterprises largely prompted by Kyiv policies - Peskov
MOSCOW. March 1 (Interfax) - The steps by the de facto authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) to impose external management on Ukrainian enterprises located in their territories can be understood to some degree, as Kyiv itself has rejected them, Russian presidential press officer Dmitry Peskov said.
"Generally, we see that the regions rejected by their state have found themselves in an even more difficult situation as they are being fully blockaded by extremist elements," Peskov told reporters.
"Therefore, of course, the steps taken by the administrations of these regions, which, I am saying it again, have been rejected by their state, can be understood to some degree," he said, commenting on a question from a journalist as to how the Kremlin sees the future of the self-proclaimed republics "in light of the nationalization or the grabbing of the enterprises and their subsequent halt."
Peskov also pointed out that he did not see the use of the word "grabbing" as appropriate in this situation.
Peskov said that at issue are the lives of millions of people who live in these territories.
"No doubt, the people have to survive," he said.
Speaking about the future of the Ukrainian enterprises where external management has been imposed in the DPR and the LPR, Peskov said: "These enterprises have no relation to the Russian Federation."
